Verse 23

He increases the nations, and destroys them: He enlarges the nations, and shrinks them again.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Han bygger opp folk, men ødelegger dem; han sprer nasjoner før han leder dem.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han øker folkene, og ødelegger dem: han utvider nasjonene, og gjør dem trange igjen.

• Norsk King James

  Han øker nasjonene, og ødelegger dem; han utvider nasjonene, og strammer dem inn.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han lar folkeslag vokse og ødelegger dem igjen, han sprer dem ut og leder dem.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han opphøyer nasjoner og ødelegger dem; han sprer dem ut og leder dem.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Han øker nasjonene, og ødelegger dem: han utvider nasjonene, og begrenser dem igjen.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han forøker folkeslagene og ødelegger dem; han utvider dem og trekker dem sammen igjen.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Han øker nasjonene, og ødelegger dem: han utvider nasjonene, og begrenser dem igjen.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Han gjør folkeslag store og ødelegger dem, sprer folkeslag ut og leder dem.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He makes nations great and then destroys them; He enlarges nations and guides them away.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han gjør nasjoner store og ødelegger dem; han gir dem rikdom og leder dem bort.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han formerer Folkene og omkommer dem (igjen), han udbreder Folkene og leder dem.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han øker nasjonene, og ødelegger dem: han utvider nasjonene, og innsnevrer dem igjen.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han øker folkeslagene, og han ødelegger dem. Han utvider nasjonene, og han fører dem bort i fangenskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han gjør nasjonene store, og han ødelegger dem; sprer ut nasjoner og lar dem være i stillhet.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Han øker folkeslagene, og han ødelegger dem; han utvider folkeslagene, og fører dem bort i fangenskap.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Han øker nasjoner og sender ødeleggelse over dem; utvider folks landområder, og gir dem så opp.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  He both increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: He maketh them to multiplie, and dryueth them awaye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  He increaseth the people, and destroyeth them: he inlargeth the nations, and bringeth them in againe.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  He both increaseth the people and destroyeth them, he maketh them to multiplie, and diminisheth them.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them: he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them [again].

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Magnifying the nations, and He destroyeth them, Spreading out the nations, and He quieteth them.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them: He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Increasing nations, and sending destruction on them; making wide the lands of peoples, and then giving them up.

• World English Bible (2000)

  He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He makes nations great, and destroys them; he extends the boundaries of nations and disperses them.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 9:3 : 3 You have multiplied the nation and not increased the joy; they rejoice before you according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
• Isa 26:15 : 15 You have increased the nation, O LORD, You have increased the nation; You are glorified; You had removed it far to all the ends of the earth.
• Isa 60:22 : 22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation. I, the LORD, will hasten it in its time.
• Ps 107:38 : 38 He blesses them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and does not allow their cattle to decrease.
• Exod 1:7 : 7 And the children of Israel were fruitful and increased abundantly, and multiplied, and became exceedingly mighty; and the land was filled with them.
• Exod 1:20 : 20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives: and the people multiplied, and became very mighty.
• Jer 30:19 : 19 And out of them shall come thanksgiving and the voice of those who make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not diminish; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.
• Jer 33:22 : 22 As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, nor the sand of the sea measured: so will I multiply the descendants of David my servant, and the Levites that minister to me.
• Zech 10:8 : 8 I will signal for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them. And they shall increase as they have increased.
• Isa 27:6 : 6 Those who come from Jacob shall take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
• Isa 51:2 : 2 Look to Abraham your father, and to Sarah who bore you: for I called him alone, and blessed him, and increased him.